St Kilda
Also known as Île de Saint-Kilda, Saint Kilda
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (v), (vii), (ix), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
United Kingdom
Inscribed
1986
Area
855 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
St Kilda is about 310 km north-west of Greenock. The nearest other World Heritage site is Flow Country, about 300 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Inverness · about 45,000 peopleabout 260 km east
- Greenock · about 75,000 peopleabout 310 km south-east
- Londonderry/Derry · about 84,000 peopleabout 320 km south
- Glasgow · about 1,160,000 peopleabout 340 km south-east
- Perth · about 40,000 peopleabout 350 km south-east
- Ayr · about 69,000 peopleabout 360 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United KingdomNatural296 km away
United KingdomNatural313 km away
United KingdomCultural339 km away
United KingdomCultural375 km away
United KingdomCultural378 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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